England's answer to Crazy Horse Mountain

December 6, 2011 9:49 AM

Northumberlandia is coming. "A mile away, I stand at the base of Northumberlandia’s head which, at this distance, looks just like a mountain of mud. We drive up hillside tracks to her hip and one of her breasts (the other one has yet to take shape) and then wind our way up to her face. Even now, as bulldozers comb her hair and steamrollers flatten her skin, it is easy to make out her feminine contours."
posted by Paul Slade (13 comments total)

Excellent.
posted by MartinWisse at 9:51 AM on December 6, 2011

watch out for the caves. big enough to get lost in...
posted by Bohemia Mountain at 9:54 AM on December 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Daily Mail will report on anything as long as it involves breasts.
posted by Brodiggitty at 9:55 AM on December 6, 2011 [3 favorites]

‘Some people think it’s wrong to have a female figure, and others think she’s some sort of pagan symbol, even though Mother Earth is part of cultures all over the world.

Um, how is this a rebuttal?
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:03 AM on December 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

It looks like it may be a pretty god golf hole. I'd hit it.
posted by Keith Talent at 10:05 AM on December 6, 2011

It looks like it may be a pretty god golf hole.

Keith , you have a Talent.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:22 AM on December 6, 2011 [1 favorite]

‘You see, that’s her face, those are her breasts and that’s her arse,’ he explains. ‘Her hip, Lord Ridley,’ interjects an engineer diplomatically.

Magnificent.

And I'm making plans to visit some friends in Northumberland next summer. I might get to see this in progress.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:45 AM on December 6, 2011

This is fabulous.
posted by maxwelton at 12:00 PM on December 6, 2011

At some point, we then have to ask ourselves of the earthen monuments around the world, how much of it was significant culturally, religiously, and how much of it was just a way to pretty up some waste product?
posted by Atreides at 1:04 PM on December 6, 2011

Bloody tourists get on my tits, really.
posted by Segundus at 2:44 PM on December 6, 2011 [2 favorites]

Heh, "Slag Alice".
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:08 PM on December 6, 2011

Except that you always end up taking out more than you can put back due to a phenomenon known as ‘bulkage’ ...

Hmmm, they discuss bulkage, but nobody spoke up about settling and sagging.

Wait till a few years have passed and a couple thousand tourists have climbed those breastworks.

I'm an older female, I know all about settling and sagging.
posted by BlueHorse at 6:00 PM on December 6, 2011

Maybe she could get together with this guy, and give him some relief. He's been waiting a long time and really, really needs it.
posted by kinnakeet at 8:25 AM on December 7, 2011